Novation Launchkey 37 [MK4]

Launchkey 37

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The compact creative controller: 37 keys, Scale and Chord Modes, generative arpeggiator, and powerful DAW integration

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Novation Launchkey 37 [MK4]
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The Creative Controller

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Description

Launchkey 37 is a versatile DAW controller packed with essential creation tools. Designed to streamline your creative process, it features a synth-action keybed and 16 responsive pads with polyphonic aftertouch. The well-organised control surface offers comprehensive DAW integration, allowing you to play instruments and drums, launch clips and scenes, and control your DAW’s mixer, devices, and effects with ease.

Additionally, it includes an editable Arpeggiator, three Chord Modes for rapid musical progression, a Scale Mode to keep you in key, and a Chord Detector that visually displays the current chord on the OLED screen.



Key Features
  • Powerful integration with all major DAWs, including Ableton Live, Logic Pro, Cubase, Bitwig Studio, Reason, FL Studio, Ardour, and more.
  • Fixed/User Chord Modes on 16 pads, a Scale Mode with 30 scales, a Chord Detector, a generative arpeggiator, an eight-step sequencer, and a Chord Map with a wide range of handcrafted chords with dynamic performance modifiers.
  • Includes a software bundle with Ableton Live 12 Lite, GForce synths, Orchestral Tools, Klevgrand plugins, and Melodics lessons for complete music creation and learning.
  • Includes a USB-C socket, 5 pin MIDI out socket, and a 1/4” jack sustain pedal socket.
  • 37 synth-style keys

    37 synth-style keys

  • 16 Launchpad-style pads

    16 Launchpad-style pads

  • Universal DAW control

    Universal DAW control

  • Chord and Scale Modes

    Chord and Scale Modes

  • Powerful Arpeggiator with step editor

    Powerful Arpeggiator with step editor

  • Complete software bundle

    Complete software bundle

Powerful DAW integration

Powerful DAW integration

Launchkey offers powerful, custom integration for: Ableton Live, Logic, Cubase, Bitwig Studio, Reason Studios, FL Studio, and Ardour. With these, you get a hardware-powered workflow that gives you full control of transport functions, timeline navigation, mixing and EQ, clip launching, and instrument and effect parameters.
Get hands-on

Get hands-on

Take control of your performance with 16 Launchpad-style, velocity-sensitive drum pads. Perfect for launching clips, playing chords, and drumming, these pads offer intuitive interaction and expressive control.

With polyphonic aftertouch, each pad responds individually to varying amounts of pressure, enabling more expressive and dynamic playing.
  • Always in key

    Always in key

    Scale Modes now allow you to lock your keyboard to one of 30 different scales to eliminate wrong notes, or even map everything to only the white keys with Easy Scale Mode.

    Chord Detector shows which chord is currently being played, with a visual representation on the crisp OLED display. 
  • Move with the melody

    Move with the melody

    Groove with the tempo of your project using the latest version of our generative arpeggiator.  

    Effortlessly create and mutate musical sequences with our new eight-step editor, projecting expression through tie, accent, and ratchet controls.
  • Overcome creative blocks 

    Overcome creative blocks 

    Explore a wide range of handcrafted chords with dynamic performance modifiers through Chord Map, perfect for captivating live performances.  

    Trigger chords from a single key using Fixed Chord mode, store chord progressions with User Chord Mode, then play them back on the 16 velocity-sensitive drum pads.
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Included software.

All you need to create

All you need to create

Launchkey includes a unique software bundle to get you creating straight away. Ableton Live Lite and Cubase LE enable to you capture your ideas. Klevgrand adds three premium plugins for mixing, effects and drums. You also get heritage synths from GForce, instruments from Native Instruments and Orchestral Tools, and lessons from Melodics.
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Heritage synth emulations

Heritage synth emulations

GForce’s heritage synth VSTs beautifully emulate classic Novation and Oberheim synths, including the iconic Bass Station, SEM, OB-EZ, and AXXESS in one powerful bundle.
Instruments

Instruments

From gritty drums to lush orchestral arrangements, Klevgrand Slammer and the Orchestral Tools Parallel Orchestra bundle offer professional-grade instruments, ready to inspire your next track.
Effects

Effects

Add depth and dimension with Klevgrand R0verb and Luxe. These unique reverb and delay effects allow for creative control, helping to shape atmospheric soundscapes and evolving textures in your mix.
DAWs and tools

DAWs and tools

Create music with Ableton Live Lite, Cubase LE, and Komplete 15 Select using intuitive tools and genre bundles, plus learn keys or finger drumming with Melodics, the app that teaches you to play.
All you need to create

NKS-ready hardware

We have partnered with Native Instruments to bring NKS compatibility to Launchkey MK4. Native Kontrol Standard provides you with a seamless connection between Native Instruments software and the controls on your Novation hardware.

Keybed

  • 37 synth-style keys

Creative tools

  • Generative arpeggiator with step editor
  • Scale Mode - with 30 built-in scales to choose from
  • Chord modes: Chord Map/Fixed Chord/User Chord
  • Custom Modes
  • Octave up/down buttons

Controls and pads

  • 16 RGB backlit velocity sensitive pads with polyphonic aftertouch
  • 2 pad page buttons Scene Launch / Func buttons
  • Pitch bend and modulation wheels
  • 8 continuous encoders
  • 2 encoder page buttons
  • Play/stop/record/loop buttons
  • Capture MIDI/Undo/Quantise/Metronome

Display

  • 128 x 64 monochrome OLED display

DAW integration

  • Custom DAW scripts: Ableton Live 11 or later, Logic X and 11, Cubase 11 and 12, Reason Studios, FL Studio, and Ardour
  • Compatible with all other DAWs through HUI

Connectivity

  • USB-C socket
  • 5 pin MIDI out socket
  • Sustain pedal 1/4” jack socket
  • Kensington security slot

Dimensions

  • Width557mm
  • Depth251mm
  • Height79mm
  • Weight2.18kg

Power Requirements

  • USB bus powered
  • Power supply not included

Compare Launchkey

Launchkey 25 Launchkey 37 Launchkey 25 [MK3] Launchkey 37 [MK3]
Keys 25 37 25 37
Key Size Full size Full size Full size Full size
Keybed Synth action Synth action Synth action Synth action
Pads with polyphonic aftertouch 16 16 16 16
Continuous encoders ✔ ✔ ✘ ✘
Faders and Fader Buttons ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘
Pitch/Mod Wheel ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
OLED display ✔ ✔ ✘ ✘
Chord Modes Chord Map, Fixed, and User Chord Chord Map, Fixed, and User Chord Fixed, Scale. and User Chord Fixed, Scale. and User Chord
Scale Mode 30 Scales 30 Scales 8 Scales 8 Scales
Arpeggiator with eight-step editor with eight-step editor ✔ ✔
Zones ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘
Clip/Scene Launch ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Custom Modes Pads and Encoders Pads and Encoders Pads and Knobs Pads and Knobs
MIDI out 5 pin 5 pin 5 pin 5 pin
Sustain input ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Bus Powered ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
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